Michael Colbert
@michaelcolbert.bsky.social
On-and-off barista, horror film lover, "writer," EIC The Rejoinder
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My chapbook of poems is out with Bottlecap Press. It’s about falling in love, simping, swooning, 🔥 in your DMs, and dating, with a lot of TV, Girls, and many deep cuts. I’m excited/terrified to be putting this out there, and you can preorder it here bottlecap.press/products/bot...
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My chapbook of poems is out with Bottlecap Press. It’s about falling in love, simping, swooning, 🔥 in your DMs, and dating, with a lot of TV, Girls, and many deep cuts. I’m excited/terrified to be putting this out there, and you can preorder it here bottlecap.press/products/bot...
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Loved talking to @michaelcolbert.bsky.social for his Referential Substack about being married to a writer, throwing characters from THE SLIP into other work, and my lifelong main character energy. Hope you’ll check it out!
I'm going to be the star of the show
Book Talk with Lucas Schaefer: The Slip, MFA vs. Austin, writer marriages
referential.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Loved talking to @michaelcolbert.bsky.social for his Referential Substack about being married to a writer, throwing characters from THE SLIP into other work, and my lifelong main character energy. Hope you’ll check it out!
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Please join us in welcoming Phil Melanson to present FLORENZER with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social on
Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm at Print!
Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm at Print!
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Please join us in welcoming Phil Melanson to present FLORENZER with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social on
Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm at Print!
Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm at Print!
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Sometimes I do feel like messaging is a lot simpler than people make it out to be.
McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."
May 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Sometimes I do feel like messaging is a lot simpler than people make it out to be.
Where is everyone submitting work these days? I feel out of touch since twitter ended
May 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Where is everyone submitting work these days? I feel out of touch since twitter ended
is "moving you to bcc to spare your inbox" secure attachment
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
is "moving you to bcc to spare your inbox" secure attachment
Can I pitch a novel as Fates and Furies meets A&W?
April 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Can I pitch a novel as Fates and Furies meets A&W?
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Open, Heaven came out last week, and to celebrate the release, Seán Hewitt shared with Referential his reading list of books that excavate memory in evocative ways referential.substack.com/p/remembered...
Remembered, Misremembered, Edited, Full of Gaps
Seán Hewitt's reading list on memory
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April 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Open, Heaven came out last week, and to celebrate the release, Seán Hewitt shared with Referential his reading list of books that excavate memory in evocative ways referential.substack.com/p/remembered...
I spoke with the one and only Elizabeth Kott about Too Niche, The Artist’s Way, and creative partnerships. Check out our chat here referential.substack.com/p/you-are-st...
April 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I spoke with the one and only Elizabeth Kott about Too Niche, The Artist’s Way, and creative partnerships. Check out our chat here referential.substack.com/p/you-are-st...
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Essential reading from @michaelcolbert.bsky.social. Also the image he selected to go with it doesn't hurt.
Why TF should you keep writing?
Some reflections from the MWPA and the state of things
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Essential reading from @michaelcolbert.bsky.social. Also the image he selected to go with it doesn't hurt.
Blair Witch actress doesn’t want people to get lost on the trails www.centralmaine.com/2025/03/25/f...
Freedom selectwoman faces recall over town road dispute
Residents have filed a petition to remove Heather Donahue, one of the town's three select board members, from office at a recall election scheduled for April 23.
www.centralmaine.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Blair Witch actress doesn’t want people to get lost on the trails www.centralmaine.com/2025/03/25/f...
"An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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i love having a heart but i’m not sure if my heart loves having me
March 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
i love having a heart but i’m not sure if my heart loves having me
"In Denmark, good design and good architecture are seen as part of a broader concept of welfare—designed for people, and crucially, for all people."
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We're all like Mariah Carey
Inside the Danish Architecture Center: soft lighting, welfare state, So Danish!
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March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"In Denmark, good design and good architecture are seen as part of a broader concept of welfare—designed for people, and crucially, for all people."
referential.substack.com/p/were-all-l...
referential.substack.com/p/were-all-l...
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Fun stuff with @jgsteen.bsky.social talking movies at Referential with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social.
Thanks for the @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social shoutout (everyone should listen to Jeremy’s eps where we talk Beastmaster.
Thanks for the @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social shoutout (everyone should listen to Jeremy’s eps where we talk Beastmaster.
David Lynch, goons, your favorite Letterboxd reviews
5 Oscars Things with Jeremy Steen
open.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Fun stuff with @jgsteen.bsky.social talking movies at Referential with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social.
Thanks for the @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social shoutout (everyone should listen to Jeremy’s eps where we talk Beastmaster.
Thanks for the @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social shoutout (everyone should listen to Jeremy’s eps where we talk Beastmaster.
Looking at my bookmarks on Twitter before deleting my account
March 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Looking at my bookmarks on Twitter before deleting my account
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The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
Guys we literally had the DCOM movie Smart House for a reason
I wish there were a social etiquette around these things. Guests should know if they’re in the presence of a listening device
March 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Guys we literally had the DCOM movie Smart House for a reason
For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season! I got to write about Bermuda's spin on fish sandwiches for Plate Magazine plateonline.com/food/bite-we...
This Bermudian Fish Sandwich Spotlights Its Star Ingredient—Raisin Bread
For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season. But while Catholics with a fear of God may sit at the center of the story behind McDonald’s iconic—if polarizing—sandwich (th...
plateonline.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season! I got to write about Bermuda's spin on fish sandwiches for Plate Magazine plateonline.com/food/bite-we...
Does anyone else find it impossible to read these days
March 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Does anyone else find it impossible to read these days
In my first book review for the @pressherald.bsky.social, I discussed The Cliffs and telling stories about Maine www.pressherald.com?p=7426541&uu...
In her sixth novel, J. Courtney Sullivan bears witness to the lives of women
'The Cliffs' weaves an intersectional portrait of place that confronts Maine’s legacies of culture, race and class.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In my first book review for the @pressherald.bsky.social, I discussed The Cliffs and telling stories about Maine www.pressherald.com?p=7426541&uu...
My latest for Decor Maine just might be my favorite story I've written for them. I spoke with Croft's Andrew Frederick's about his eco-conscious build on Owls Head, a Scandinavian wonderland www.decormaine.com/homes/an-eco...
An Eco-Conscious Home on Owls Head - Decor Maine
Andrew Frederick, founder of Croft, built his 1,040 square foot family home without heavy equipment.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My latest for Decor Maine just might be my favorite story I've written for them. I spoke with Croft's Andrew Frederick's about his eco-conscious build on Owls Head, a Scandinavian wonderland www.decormaine.com/homes/an-eco...